Hale K. Darling

American attorney and politician

Hale K. Darling


Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office 1915–1917
Preceded by	Frank E. Howe
Succeeded by	Roger W. Hulburd
Member of the Vermont Senate from Orange County
In office 1919–1921
Preceded by	Fred W. Preston
Succeeded by	John C. Sherburne
In office 1912–1914
Preceded by	Lewis M. Seaver, Benjamin B. Scribner
Succeeded by	David S. Conant
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Chelsea
In office 1904–1908
Preceded by	Hiram N. Mattison
Succeeded by	No choice
State's Attorney of Orange County, Vermont
In office 1896–1900
Preceded by	Daniel C. Hyde
Succeeded by	David S. Conant

Personal details
Born	(1869-01-26)January 26, 1869 Corinth, Vermont
Died	September 18, 1940(1940-09-18) (aged 71) Chelsea, Vermont
Resting place	Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, Vermont
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Maybelle Maud Hyde (m. 1896)
Children	4
Education	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Profession	Attorney

Hale Knight Darling (January 26, 1869 – September 18, 1940) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as the state's 50th lieutenant governor from 1915 to 1917.

Biography

Hale Knight Darling was born in Corinth, Vermont on January 26, 1869.^[1] He was employed in Massachusetts by the Fitchburg Railroad and worked as a reporter on the Fitchburg Daily Sentinel before studying law at the University of North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in 1894, and established a practice in Chelsea, Vermont.^[2]

A Republican, Darling was Orange County State's Attorney from 1896 to 1900, a member of the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners from 1901 to 1903, and Clerk of the Orange County Court from 1905 to 1921.^[3]^[4]

Darling served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908. In 1905 he was appointed Chairman of the Vermont Library Commission, and from 1905 to 1907 he was a member of the Commission to revise Vermont's Statutes. He served in the Vermont Senate from 1912 to 1914.^[5]^[6]

In 1914 he was elected Lieutenant Governor and served from 1915 to 1917, also serving again as a member of the Commission to Revise Vermont's Statutes.^[7]^[8]

Darling served in the Vermont Senate again from 1919 to 1921. In 1937 he was Chairman of a commission that reviewed and recommended reforms of Vermont's court system.^[9]

Darling died in Chelsea on September 18, 1940.^[10] He was buried in Chelsea's Highland Cemetery.^[11]

Family

In 1896, Darling married Maybelle Maud Hyde; they were the parents of four children who lived to adulthood.^[12]

References

^ Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, edited by Hiram Carleton, 1903, pages 466 to 467
^ Alumni History of the University of North Carolina, published by the university, 1924, page 152
^ Manual of the Legislature of Vermont, by Vermont General Assembly, 1904, page 123
^ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 164
^ Biennial Report of the Board of Library Commissioners of Vermont, by Vermont Board of Library Commissioners, 1906, page 4
^ Who's Who in New England, published by A. N. Marquis, Chicago, Volume 1, 1909, page 282
^ The American Bar, by James Clark Fifield, 1918, page 671
^ Lieutenant Governors, Terms of Service Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 2
^ Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1939, page 609
^ "Hale K. Darling Died Suddenly". The Barre Daily Times. Barre, VT. September 19, 1940. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Hale K. Darling's Funeral". The Barre Daily Times. Barre, VT. September 23, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Stone, Arthur F. (1929). The Vermont of Today. Vol. III. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 29.